Why not just wait the two months? Unlikely they're going to cancel this deal before the Series X launches. MS wants people in the Game Pass ecosystem.
Does the 3 year of Xbox Gold upgrade to Game Pass still work? (update: yes but now at 3:2 conversion)
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Two months is a long time. I wouldn't be surprised if the deal goes away, and then I'm stuck having spent $150 on something I can't use.
I got them to fix mine over chat. Switched out my 26 months (two "free" months) with 24 months.
Just got off with a second person and they said the same thing. They can't do anything about it.
That sucks! If it's any consolation, I'll buy your codes instead of you giving em away and losing money.
So a step by step guide for people in different scenarios (feel free to add to correct as needed):
If your new to Xbox or have no active subs from an old account:
1) You can buy upto 3 years of Gold/Standard Game Pass direct from MS or from a third party retailer that will sell you those cheaper 12 month codes (newegg and other sites have been mentioned in this thread - have a look around based on your region) - again any amount up to 3 years can be bought.
2) Go to https://redeem.microsoft.com/ - sign in with your Xbox log in. Make sure you log in with the same email/pw as you would use for your xbox profile and not a work/school related one! If you have multiple accounts you can always sign in at xbox.com, check which xbox profile is connected to that account and then sign in at the account page.
3) Redeem your 3 codes that you purchased from the retailer into that website.
4) Go to https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/live/gold/upgrade (this should recognise what country your in and take you there to your store front). Hit upgrade now for $1.
5) There will be a pop-up explaining that any exsisitng gold/gamepass time will be converted to ultimate. If you do not have a credit card on file, you will now need one added.
6) Time will now be converted to 3 years of Ultimate Game Pass.
7) Go to https://account.microsoft.com/, go to the Services and Subscriptions tab, you will see that Ultimate Game Pass should be active and next charge should be 3 years from now. If you want to cancel the auto-renew, click manage next to that Game Pass Ultimate and then next to Recurring billing, click Change and then hit Turn Off Recurring billing.
If you already have some months of Gold/Game Pass - be careful buying the full 3 years, you likely will not be able to redeem 3 full years of codes. Any exsisting time you have prior to purchasing your codes is also going to be converted 1:1 and 3 years is the limit it will convert into - do not purchase more then you need.
If you have had Game Pass Ultimate previously but not currently - you can follow the guide above and the steps are the same but you will likely have to pay $15 to upgrade the gold to Game Pass Ultimate instead of the $1 teaser rate.
If you have Game Pass Ultimate currently and want to do this again - let your Game Pass Ultimate sub lapse and you can then do this again.
FAQ:
Can i do this even though i have an active PC Game Pass/Gold/XBox Game Pass Subscrption?
Yes you can! When you make the conversion it will simply consolidate whatever time you have and again will add 1:1 exsisting time of days left of your sub and automatically cancel those subs when the conversion is made. If you want the FULL 3 years, ideally you let all the exsisting subs lapse so you want have any problem converting over as those days between monthly billing can be converted and prevent you from stacking the fill 3 years of pre-paid codes.
Help! I accidentally bought prepaid codes with bonus months or my time will total more than 3 years! What can i do!
My advice here is to stack the amount of time that you can with the codes you have, convert it and then you can redeem the code at the lower Game Pass Ultimate conversion rate 12 months gold for example gives you 4 months. Obviously not a deal as when compared to the 1:1 conversion as it is simply paying full price for the sub but better than nothing. You could try your luck with the retailer you purchased the code from but i doubt you will be refunded once a key is given out. Please be careful to purchase only 12 month codes - not ones with bonus months!
If your new to Xbox or have no active subs from an old account:
1) You can buy upto 3 years of Gold/Standard Game Pass direct from MS or from a third party retailer that will sell you those cheaper 12 month codes (newegg and other sites have been mentioned in this thread - have a look around based on your region) - again any amount up to 3 years can be bought.
2) Go to https://redeem.microsoft.com/ - sign in with your Xbox log in. Make sure you log in with the same email/pw as you would use for your xbox profile and not a work/school related one! If you have multiple accounts you can always sign in at xbox.com, check which xbox profile is connected to that account and then sign in at the account page.
3) Redeem your 3 codes that you purchased from the retailer into that website.
4) Go to https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/live/gold/upgrade (this should recognise what country your in and take you there to your store front). Hit upgrade now for $1.
5) There will be a pop-up explaining that any exsisitng gold/gamepass time will be converted to ultimate. If you do not have a credit card on file, you will now need one added.
6) Time will now be converted to 3 years of Ultimate Game Pass.
7) Go to https://account.microsoft.com/, go to the Services and Subscriptions tab, you will see that Ultimate Game Pass should be active and next charge should be 3 years from now. If you want to cancel the auto-renew, click manage next to that Game Pass Ultimate and then next to Recurring billing, click Change and then hit Turn Off Recurring billing.
If you already have some months of Gold/Game Pass - be careful buying the full 3 years, you likely will not be able to redeem 3 full years of codes. Any exsisting time you have prior to purchasing your codes is also going to be converted 1:1 and 3 years is the limit it will convert into - do not purchase more then you need.
If you have had Game Pass Ultimate previously but not currently - you can follow the guide above and the steps are the same but you will likely have to pay $15 to upgrade the gold to Game Pass Ultimate instead of the $1 teaser rate.
If you have Game Pass Ultimate currently and want to do this again - let your Game Pass Ultimate sub lapse and you can then do this again.
FAQ:
Can i do this even though i have an active PC Game Pass/Gold/XBox Game Pass Subscrption?
Yes you can! When you make the conversion it will simply consolidate whatever time you have and again will add 1:1 exsisting time of days left of your sub and automatically cancel those subs when the conversion is made. If you want the FULL 3 years, ideally you let all the exsisting subs lapse so you want have any problem converting over as those days between monthly billing can be converted and prevent you from stacking the fill 3 years of pre-paid codes.
Help! I accidentally bought prepaid codes with bonus months or my time will total more than 3 years! What can i do!
My advice here is to stack the amount of time that you can with the codes you have, convert it and then you can redeem the code at the lower Game Pass Ultimate conversion rate 12 months gold for example gives you 4 months. Obviously not a deal as when compared to the 1:1 conversion as it is simply paying full price for the sub but better than nothing. You could try your luck with the retailer you purchased the code from but i doubt you will be refunded once a key is given out. Please be careful to purchase only 12 month codes - not ones with bonus months!
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I had a Microsoft live chat agent kill off my sub with a week to go. I then bought 3 years of gold and upgraded to Game Pass Ultimate for $15.95AUD (I'd already done the $1 deal back in the day). Worked perfectly. Can't believe I have 3 years of all this gaming already locked in.
Shit 12 months for $99.16 is a damn steal off CDkeys right now. Not even two games worth of a membership.
can someone confirm that the ultimate game pass you get with this will work for xbox and pc? i only have a pc now but might get an xbox in the future
Game Pass Ultimate includes both Xbox and PC. That's kinda the point bud :D
Nope. I tried with Brazil + VPN (Because they were cheaper than my region) and then just went worldwide when one of the Brazil ones failed and CDKeys said they can't issue out of region.
We just had this thread, hang on,
Edit,
Cheapest Game Pass option? (UK?)
Hi guys, I just wanted to find out, what is the cheapest option to get game pass for xbox in the UK? I also heard there was a trick to convert gold subs to ultimate game pass? Can anyone please tell me how? I don't have any sub right now (gold or gp). Thankswww.resetera.com
Guys for everyone that has questions, we literally had this thread earlier on the day. It probably has all the answers to your questions, and is also the cheapest method (3 years ~ £90)
Thanks to all the tips. I now have a Series X on pre order and 3 years of Ultimate already running. I just regret I have no way to use it the next month.
Where did you buy the 3 years of Gold from? Fellow Aussie here, looking to do the same. My Live sub expired yesterday.
Wait so I can buy the Brazil region one and it'll work on my US account?
If anyone (or multiple people) can chime in that, would be helpful, but: do we think that this deal is likely to go away very soon?
I just bought 3 years of Xbox Live Gold for fairly cheap ($102 total) so I'm set to convert this all to ultimate, but I'm not going to have much time to game until well after October. I'd rather convert all of this in a few weeks, but I feel that's kind of risky?
I just bought 3 years of Xbox Live Gold for fairly cheap ($102 total) so I'm set to convert this all to ultimate, but I'm not going to have much time to game until well after October. I'd rather convert all of this in a few weeks, but I feel that's kind of risky?
3 12-month cards from a 3rd party seller for like $45 each. Don't think that sale is still going on though
JB HiFi do 12 month digital codes for $79 each. I was happy to go that route rather than the slightly shady VPN option.
Not true. It worked for me. You just need to be inactive currently. Let your current sub expire then do the trick.
Just do it now and save yourself the stress of the unknown. A month or two isn't much in 3 years.
I am in New Zealand but even then I had to use a VPN to redeem with MS. I didn't realise at the time that I wasn't meant to buy out of region and the third one I tried was denied. The customer device rep said I shouldn't have been allowed to buy out of region but it worked so they couldn't do anything. No idea what really went on but it is what it is.
where did you get 3 years for 98 euros? if i use isntantgaming and buy 3 packs of 12 months, its 135 euros.
Got it from eneba.com, using 3 12months Brazilian codes + VPN.
Ah ok, dont want to try to do brazillian + VPN, as I could easily fuck it up (im terrible at this stuff).
It's quite straight forward to be honest, and well explained. But yeh do what you're comfortable with
Question if anyone can answer:
So I have normal gamepass expiring on the 11th of october, but I dont want to wait for that to expire becuase im afraid they will take out the exchange offer after this month. What I was thinking, could i get 2 full 12 months cards, and then a 6 months card, so everytime i add one of the codes will give me 1 month free each? From what I read 12 months cards get 1 month free, but I dont know if any code less than that, for example a 6 month code, will give you the same.
If it works I could get 3 months for free with my 3 different codes right? So I pay for 30 months but i get 33 months total (and If i bought then a 1 month card I could get a new month for free, making it 35 months total). Including what I still have with normal gamepass, that would mean i get nearly 36 months.
Is this how it works?
Thanks, i just know becuase how im am that I will fuck it up i some way lol
So I have normal gamepass expiring on the 11th of october, but I dont want to wait for that to expire becuase im afraid they will take out the exchange offer after this month. What I was thinking, could i get 2 full 12 months cards, and then a 6 months card, so everytime i add one of the codes will give me 1 month free each? From what I read 12 months cards get 1 month free, but I dont know if any code less than that, for example a 6 month code, will give you the same.
If it works I could get 3 months for free with my 3 different codes right? So I pay for 30 months but i get 33 months total (and If i bought then a 1 month card I could get a new month for free, making it 35 months total). Including what I still have with normal gamepass, that would mean i get nearly 36 months.
Is this how it works?
Thanks, i just know becuase how im am that I will fuck it up i some way lol
Yeah, is 135 euros, so its pretty good.
Im just waiting for someone to answer my question above, and if it works i will go for that.
Sorry, this is my first game-pass experience, hopefully someone else can clarify this for you.
I have 1 month of Gamepass PC left on my account. What are my best options?
Can I buy codes for 3x12 months Xbox Gold, and do the conversion (for a total of 35 months, as I already payed for 1 more month of Gamepass PC?)
Or do I have to create a new account?
Can I buy codes for 3x12 months Xbox Gold, and do the conversion (for a total of 35 months, as I already payed for 1 more month of Gamepass PC?)
Or do I have to create a new account?
